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Newspaper
Baraboo News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1909
Page
7
Residents attend weddings picnics and social events across nearby towns. Notables include a Luetkens Koenig wedding June 16 at Tuckertown, births at Loganville homes, relatives visiting from Reedsburg Beloit and Lime Ridge, a log barn raising, and plans for a Fourth of July celebration at Loganville with an ice cream social at the church park.
Timme brothers delivered a car of wheat and one of corn last week. Dance at Fern Dell scheduled for Saturday evening June 26. Several locals attended the Woodmen picnic in Baraboo last Wednesday and report a fine time.
In North Fairfield on a Saturday game River Street boys won against East Fairfield by 21 to 14. Marsh Harrison and son Willie with Miss Flora visited Hazel Dakota relatives Monday. Warren Oyen of Baraboo visited his grandma Mrs. Matison.
June 19 Miss Lottie Bellows closed her school in Dist 7 with a picnic at R H Murrys. Ed Bellows and Olive visited at Wm Scots. Children day exercises set for Sunday June 27 at 2 PM at Lyndon M E church. The Misses Mabel and Alta Scott visited Ella Markhams Lyndon school Thursday P M. Program next week. William Scott visited his son Wilbur of Lyndon last week.
Fairfield notes a Willing Workers gathering with Mrs E R Thomas on Friday afternoon June 25. Members are urged to come early to help with tasks and prepare for the Fern Dell celebration program planned for the coming week.
June 22 Lyons residents share family visits and community events. Mrs R A Sansum and son visit David Sansum, John Cook family and Harry Koons host, and Ella Atwater along with Viola Douglas return from a northern trip. Walter Meyer from Webster's Prairie visits Elias Whitmore. Ray Whitmore spends time at the Truman Meyer home. WCTU hosts a sociable in Lyons hall. Merimack residents Robert Rindle visit Woodmen picnic. Eva Pryne shows slow improvement after illness.
June 22 reports George Gasser and family of Cassell spent Sunday at William Hoppe's. Zion church Children's Day exercises were well attended last Sunday with a collection of 13 dollars and 10 cents.
A Prairie du Sac Wisconsin retailer F. S. Eberhart city jeweler and optician offers an ideal vacuum cleaner for sixteen dollars, advertised to shoppers seeking household appliances.
Miss Selma Giese and Ailers visited relatives in Baraboo Saturday and Sunday. Miss Anna Buelow underwent tumor surgery at Reedsburg hospital last Tuesday. A missionary meeting will be held at the Lutheran church Sunday in June. Miss Ella Kopf of Ableman is staying with her sister Mrs Henry Born for several weeks.
William Cook of Clinton Iowa returns home after a week visiting his brother C. J. Cook. The notice notes the pair spent time together and that William traveled back today.
Mrs. R Lackey and daughter Mildred of Delavan visit Fred Berkley. Mr Lackey to join this afternoon. Mr and Mrs C M Dubois and children depart Sunday for a week in Chicago. A E Britton is in North Freedom.
Skillet Creek residents June 17 report Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schellenberger and family along with Mr. and Mrs. Chas Schellenberger Katherina and Carl Schellenberger visiting the Reynolds Marquardt home on Sunday.
SKILLET CREEK June 22 almost everyone attended the Woodmen picnic held Wednesday. The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Weise is improving. Families such as Astle, Cahoon, and Davies visited relatives in Barron and North Freedom. Several residents attended local events including minstrel shows and camp meetings while others traveled to Madison and South Bend for visits.
June 20 report from Fairfield notes O A Getchell returning home after a week with daughter Mrs. Spalding at Camp Douglas. Boetcher of Greenfield searched for F P Getchell who moved to Baraboo last winter. Mrs. Atkinson and Mrs. John Luce visited Mrs. RK B Maloney on her birthday. Ned Luce builds a new barn while W Mebarland digs a basement for a moved barn. Will is described as a hustler.
Miss Marie Coughlin visited Rockford after a two week stay with her parents. Claud Ames and sisters traveled to Baraboo to see friends and attend the Woodmen picnic. Will Junge of Sandusky visited his sister Mrs Benoit. Fred Struve toured Leland for a photography trip. Mr and Mrs Arthur Fields welcomed a baby girl. Miss Mary Lucht and her brother John spent Sunday at Devil's Lake. Fred Durkie helped with a barn raising on Monday.
Mellissa Wilson visited Ironton for several days with Iva Mathews. A group of youths attended the ice cream social in Ironton Friday evening. Hamilton Mont. residents Mr. and Mrs. D S Williams arrived for an extended visit with Mrs. Harry Thornton. Chas Pugh was buried Thursday. Joins to Reedsburg for Jenkin Loyd Jones remarks at Training School commencement. Elsie Thornton visited friends in Reedsburg and Baraboo. Mrs. Chris Eder returned from Chicago. Delia Thompson visited Baraboo with her sister Mrs. Chas Long.
June 21 notes A N Graves traveling to Chicago for treatment with plans for late week operation. Local social items include graduates in Reedsburg, walking visitors to Kilbourn and Merrimack, a Fern Dell dancing party on June 26, and various family visits across North Freedom Sauk Prairie and Baraboo. The Mystic Ring meets with Mrs Hattie Barker in Baraboo on Wednesday June 23.
June 21 John A Schneller and family visited Madison last Saturday. The Black Hawk Sunday School picnic is set for July 3 in Fred Sprecher's grove near the schoolhouse. State Veterinary will inspect Fishea’s horses this week to decide if they must be killed. The Sunday School children’s day program is scheduled for next Sunday morning.
Fairfield report notes Ivan Newell’s house robbed Monday night with $30 stolen from his trousers. Pocketbook found empty in the silo this morning. Other items mention Henry Wardwell visiting friends, a Helpers' Union meeting, and locals at a camp meeting. Mrs. Hugh Edwards is reported quite ill.
Mrs. A Wood departs tonight for Cushing to visit her daughter while A Wood takes the morning train to Madison on legal business.
An Ideal vacuum cleaner was purchased from F S Eberhart city jeweler and optician in Prairie du Sac Wisconsin for a price of 16 dollars. The notice records a consumer transaction from a local shop offering household appliances.
Miss Anna Drake of Chicago visits John LeyKauf in town while Albert Becker of Prairie du Lac stays at Bruce Babington’s home for the summer. A church service will be held at the schoolhouse on July 4 at 3:00 PM.
Mrs A N Graves and family express sincere thanks to those who contributed money and offered help to send my husband away for treatment at the hospital.
Evan Thomas of Caledonia was arrested in Portage on June 10 by Chief Klabunde for drunken and disorderly behavior. He pled guilty and was fined $1.00 with costs totaling $3.70 by Justice Bunker. Earlier, in Caledonia, irons were thrown into a threshing machine last fall, causing two concaves to break.
The George Carpenter Lumber and Produce Co. will pay the highest market price for wool delivered at the potato warehouse.
J Briggs and Co Baraboo Wisconsin advertise fresh reliable garden and flower seed for spring planting. They boast thousands of customers and invite calls for pricing.
Several farmers secured silo material from George Carpenter and he has enough for two more silos at a reduced price. Call or telephone his lumber yard for details.
E. D. Ochsner of Prairie du Lac offers mounted birds and animals true to nature with reasonable prices and first class guaranteed workmanship.
State of Wisconsin Sauk County Court in probate underway for the estate of Sarah A. Wilkinson. The notice lists ongoing administration actions and potential deadlines for interested parties.
At Baraboo county court July term 1909 Charles Wild applies to admit to probate Julia Wild last will and testament and seek letters testamentary to be issued. Hearing at ten o'clock in the forenoon on August 3 1909 at the courthouse. Dated June 15 1909 by order of the court Judge W T Kelsey. Dithmar Malone Attorneys.
The fragment states four lines for weekly use one time, two lines for weekly use twice, four lines for daily use three times and one time for longer duration at proportionate rates. It mentions a rate of .15 cents and the number 258.
Baraboo market list shows prevailing prices for commodities and foodstuffs with corrections note. Items include feed varieties, flour per sack, oats, bran, shorts, and other staples, some priced per hundred weight or sack, with several figures obscured by OCR.
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